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	Main Building
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	U.S. National Historic Landmark
	Building in 2007, seen from near the entrance to campus
Location	Poughkeepsie, New York
Built	1861
Architect	James Renwick, Jr.
Architectural style	Second Empire
NRHP reference No.	73001183
Added to NRHP	September 19, 1973

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Main Building, sometimes referred to as Old Main or Old College is on the Vassar College campus in Poughkeepsie, New York. It was built by James Renwick Jr. in the Second Empire style in 1861, the second building in the history of what was one of America's first women's colleges.

It was taken over by protesters in 1971.

It was named a National Historic Landmark in 1986.^[2]^[3]^[4]

The Vassar Observatory, the first building built on the Vassar campus, is also a National Historic Landmark.

External links

Takeover of Main Building, 1971, at Vassar Encyclopedia] Template:Geolinks-US-buildingscale

References

^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2007-01-23.
^ ^a ^b "Old Main, Vassar College". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. 2007-09-17.
^ [[[:Template:PDFlink]] "National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination"]. National Park Service. 1978. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help)
^ [[[:Template:PDFlink]] "National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination"]. National Park Service. 1978. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help)

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2007-01-23.

[nhlsum-2] "Old Main, Vassar College". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. 2007-09-17.

[nrhpinv-3] [[[:Template:PDFlink]] "National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination"]. National Park Service. 1978. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help)

[nrhpphotos-4] [[[:Template:PDFlink]] "National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination"]. National Park Service. 1978. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help)

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 It was taken over by protesters in 1971.
-It was named a [[National Historic Landmark]] in 1986.<ref name="nhlsum"/>,<ref name="nrhpinv">{{cite web|url={{PDFlink|[http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Text/73001183.pdf "Main Building, Vassar College", by Carolyn Pitts, undated (1978 or later) after)]|32&nbsp;KB}}|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination|date=1978|publisher=National Park Service}}</ref>,<ref name="nrhpphotos">{{cite web|url={{PDFlink|[http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Photos/73001183.pdf Main Building, Vassar College--Accompanying photos, exterior and interior, from 1978, c. 1950, and other dates. And lithograph from 1864.]|1500&nbsp;KB}}|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination|date=1978|publisher=National Park Service}}</ref>
+It was named a [[National Historic Landmark]] in 1986.<ref name="nhlsum"/><ref name="nrhpinv">{{cite web|url={{PDFlink|[http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Text/73001183.pdf "Main Building, Vassar College", by Carolyn Pitts, undated (1978 or later) after)]|32&nbsp;KB}}|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination|date=1978|publisher=National Park Service}}</ref><ref name="nrhpphotos">{{cite web|url={{PDFlink|[http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Photos/73001183.pdf Main Building, Vassar College--Accompanying photos, exterior and interior, from 1978, c. 1950, and other dates. And lithograph from 1864.]|1500&nbsp;KB}}|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination|date=1978|publisher=National Park Service}}</ref>
 The [[Vassar Observatory]], the first building built on the Vassar campus, is also a National Historic Landmark.

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